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Cost To Endorse Your Pet's Health

Certificate

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How much do I pay USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to

endorse my pet’s health certificate?

The fees listed in the table below apply to each health certificate endorsed

by APHIS. Payment must be provided before an APHIS Veterinary Export Trade

Services Endorsement Office can endorse the health certificate.  

The following methods of payment are accepted:

APHIS user fee credit account

Check or money order (made payable to USDA)

Credit or debit card

For payment of health certificates submitted by overnight shipping, use

the credit card information sheet (90 KB) to provide your credit or debit

card information and include the sheet in your shipping package.

If you have questions about the cost of the endorsement of a health certificate or

payment method, or if the pet is traveling to multiple countries, contact your local

APHIS endorsement office . 
APHIS does not charge endorsement fees for service animals (dogs)

 belonging to individuals with disabilities as defined by the Americans With

Disabilities Act (ADA). Although APHIS recognizes the importance of all animals in

their owners’ lives, health certificate endorsement fees are charged for emotional

support animals and any other animal not officially covered by the ADA. 

Not all animals qualify for pet travel.

What is considered a pet? A pet is a privately owned companion animal not

intended for research or resale and includes only certain animal groups.

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Find out if your pet qualifies to travel

Your animal doesn't qualify for pet travel and is subject to different import

regulations and export regulations if you:

Don't see your pet listed below.

Are exporting semen or embryos from any animal.

Have a pet that's considered livestock or poultry, like pigs or chickens.

The following animals qualify as pets, meaning they're subject

to pet travel requirements:

Dogs 

Cats 
Ferrets 

Rabbits 

Rodents 
Hedgehogs/Tenrecs 

Reptiles 

Amphibians 

Birds (not all types—see below) 
The following birds DON'T qualify as pets, meaning they're

subject to different regulations:

Because they may carry and transmit certain diseases to the U.S. poultry industry,

these birds are regulated as poultry.

Chickens

Doves

Ducks

Geese

Grouse

Guinea fowl

Partridges

Pea fowl

Pheasants

Pigeons

Quail

Swans

Turkeys

View import regulations and export regulations if the type of animal you have does

not qualify as a pet.

Endorsement Fees for Export (International)

Health Certificates for Pets
Number of Laboratory Tests*

Note: Vaccines are not considered

tests nor are they considered

when calculating fees.

Number

of Pets 

Associated Fee per

Certificate

0 Any $38.00 per certificate

1–2 1 $121.00

1–2 2 or more

$121.00 for the first pet, plus

$7.00 for each additional pet on

the same certificate 

3–6 1 $150.00

3–6 2 or more

$150.00 for the first pet, plus

$12.00 for each additional pet

on the same certificate  

7 or more 1 $173.00

7 or more 2 or more

$173.00 for the first pet, plus

$14.00 for each additional pet

on the same certificate  

* Applies to testing performed at a diagnostic laboratory (for example, the FAVN or

RFFIT rabies titer tests). Vaccinations are not considered tests.

Not all countries allow more than one pet on a health certificate. In these

instances, the fee rate for a single pet will apply to each health

certificate.